Thad's First Soccer Game

We have entered the world of sports and....we love it! Well, I shouldn't get ahead of myself, we have had one game of I'm sure hundreds that we will attend over the years, but I have to say we really enjoyed it! It was so fun to see Thad in a "competitive" situation and cheer him on. We signed him up through the YMCA and he will have eight games with just a twenty minute practice before each game every Saturday. The kids actually did pretty well considering most of them had ZERO experience, and the extreme heat.

He was all smiles before the game and I couldn't get enough of him in his soccer gear!

Our boy getting in on the action!

 The girl in the pink socks is our "franchise" player and made 80% of our goals...yahoo! That means a lot of  Ws for the Wolves over the next 7 weeks!

The game could have been a little more enjoyable if this wasn't happening...

I shouldn't complain too much because it was H.O.T. and the boy just wanted to play soccer.

He probably cried 90% of the time. Still love him.

Luckily toward the end of the game Thad dribbled the ball halfway down the field and kicked that ball right in! He was PUMPED and it gave him some extra energy to finish out the game for the kids on his team that wouldn't play or made their way to the shade 100 yards away.

Brian and I were so happy he scored as he had mentioned his desire to do so almost every time we talked about soccer. Over the summer he saw Kache and Caden both score and, of course, he wants to be just like those awesome cousins of his!

The game came to an end and I think just about everyone was ready... 

Especially this boy... 

We don't know what the score was, but the Wolves (Thad's team) definitely won, and even though the kids could care less, we felt proud that our little man was on the winning team. :)

Oh Thad, how fun it was to cheer our little hearts out for you!

We will always be cheering for you whether it's on or off the field.

Yay for another step into the "big kid" phase!